Loss Creek (other)
Loss Creek may refer to one of several streams: Canada * Loss Creek (British Columbia), in Capital Regional District, British Columbia United States *Loss Creek, in Spring Creek Township, Coffey County, Kansas *Loss Creek, in Black Wolf Township, Ellsworth County, Kansas *Loss Creek, a river in Ohio *Loss Creek, a tributary of the Hiwassee River in Polk County, Tennessee *Loss Creek (Texas) Loss Creek (also known as Lost Creek) rises south of Coleman in central Coleman County Coleman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,684. The county seat is Coleman. The county w ..., in Coleman County, Texas See also * Lost Creek (other) {{Place name disambiguation ...
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Loss Creek (British Columbia)
Loss Creek is a river in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. Located on southern Vancouver Island, it flows through a long, steep-sided valley to the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Pacific Ocean. Geology The stream mostly follows an unusually long, straight, narrow, and steep-sided valley, between the Jordan Ridge to the south and the San Juan Ridge to the north. This valley is the surface trace of the Leech River Fault, a major regional fault that marks the contact between the oceanic basalts of the Crescent Terrane (part of Siletzia) to the south, and the metamorphic rocks of the Pacific Rim Terrane to the north. The Leech River fault is straight because it was originally a strike-slip fault (moving horizontally), but now it is being thrust under Vancouver Island. As the Pacific Rim rock is uplifted and exposed it rapidly erodes; this releases the occasional gold deposit, which then collects in placer deposits in Loss Creek. Natural history The lower r ...
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